1973 Scottish local elections

none January 2021 January 2021 thumb|Map of Scottish local government divisions prior to reorganisation in 1975. Local elections were held in Scotland in May 1973, as part of that year's wider British local elections. The elections were the last to the local authorities created under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, and were replaced in 1975 by a uniform system of regions and districts. Elections to the 4 city corporations, 21 town councils of large burghs and 176 town councils of small burghs took place on 1 May 1973; elections to the 33 county councils took place a week later on 8 May 1973.2 May 1973 Labour on top in day of record low polling https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730502&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 1 21 January 2021 Municipal elections Results by council Counties of cities Council Seats up Lab Con"Con" Includes councillors standing as Progressives or Moderates. Lib SNP Turnout Control Details Aberdeen12 (of 36)651027.4% Scottish Labour holdDetails Dundee13 (of 36)760037.0% Scottish Labour holdDetails Edinburgh26 (of 69)131030 No overall control holdDetails Glasgow37 (of 111)26110030.5% Scottish Labour holdDetails Large burghs Council Seats up Lab Con"Con" Lib SNP Ind Other Turnout Details Airdrie541000043.4%Details Arbroath720014041.6%Details Ayr72500000.0%There were no elections in Ayr, as Labour and the Moderates agreed to only field candidates in the seats they were defending, in order to save funds for the 1974 election campaign.Thomson Claude 1973-04-11 Auld Ayr decides to look ahead https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730411&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 2021-01-15 6 Details Clydebank760000141.0%Details Coatbridge6510000Details Dumbarton541000029.8%Details Dumfries932004032.0%Details Dunfermline945000040.5%Details East Kilbride660000038.2%Details Falkirk5310100Details Greenock970200040.0%Details Hamilton541000031.5%Details Inverness800017031.2%Details Kilmarnock871000034.0%Details Kirkcaldy1041010439.3%Details Motherwell and Wishaw970002028.7%Details Paisley1071002029.9%Details Perth851000237.6%Details Port Glasgow430000135.9%Details Rutherglen6410010Details Stirling740012040.3%Details Notes References 1973 Category:May 1973 in the United Kingdom